Poor Anderson Cooper. Kathy Griffin will never stop pushing the limits on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special, and this time, she even offered to kiss his mini-coop.[Gawker]Gwyneth Paltrow would have been a luminous edition to this party. [Lainey Gossip]
A llama goes to the dentist, and it’s really cute. Just because. [Dlisted]Nicki Minaj‘s booty was predictably epic on NYE. [Moe Jackson]Hugh Laurie with a hot dog and a ciggie is so not hot. [I'm Not Obsessed]Victoria Silvstedt reads 50 Shades on the beach. [IDLYITW]
Disney hair extensions are the stuff of nightmares. [OMG Blog]Brooke Mueller sues rehab and wins. #notwinning [Starcasm]Betty White reaches the Betty threshold with Gangnam Style. [Seriously OMG WTF]Taylor Swift is rewarded for her charitable efforts with kids. [Dramarama]Goldie Hawn drunk for the win in 2012. A retrospective. [CityRag]Marilyn Monroe‘s FBI files have finally been released. [PopBytes]Christina Aguilera vows to get intimate with you in 2013. [Life & Style]

OT as usual.
Bedhead: I’ve been stuck in Tarantino mode since last week’s links. Nicely written. I want Zoe Bell to come hang out with me. I think she was left of your list. But I couldn’t agree more about Quentin staying off the screen.
Did you hear me butterfly?

QT is a great director, but damn, he can’t act for sh-t. Once again, his screen presence was the one thing that took me out of DJANGO.

Zoe Bell is adorable. I wanted to include her, but I figured that two actors from DEATH PROOF would have been overkill. You know, since the film was relatively panned. I also wanted to include Omar Doom from BASTERDS but couldn’t justify removing another actor to put him on the list.

I have to admit thinking Kurt Russell was horribly miscast. He pulled it off. Sort of. But honestly, I just didn’t care for him in the role at all. Either he’s a scary creeper or he’s not. The part was poorly written. So, that might be down to Quentin not Kurt

I know-I like them, too. They’re great together. I know there’s a lot of people who don’t like Kathy G. and yes, she can be grating at times, but over all I think she’s funny. Yeah, she can be gross, but what comedian isn’t? Almost all of them push the boundaries.

Agree chinadoll13; I like Anderson Cooper He and CNN for example have been doing a good job covering the bloodshed in Syria and he’s interviewed numerous members of the opposition;
I don’t get how Kathy Griffin is even a d-lister – she is tacky, her political opinions, whatever they are, are immature and childish, and the funniness, let alone the coolness and hipness just aren’t there. Lampooning Sarah palin is too easy for even a six yr old. Surely Anderson can find a better sidekick. Anyway, who really watches these shows? Half the musical acts are taped beforehand and lip synched anyway.

I can only take about 7 minutes of the patter between Kathy and Anderson on New Year’s Eve. If they’re on any longer, my husband and I elbow each other out of the way to see who can scream the most inventive profanities at the screen. The most frequent being “STFU, Kathy!”. Sheesh, she gives inanity a bad name.

That whole act on NYE was embarrassing (for her) and childish. It was never funny, but it became awkward somewhere after the 3rd attempt to stick her face in his crotch. That’s not “pushing limits”; that’s juvenile.

Actually Stacy London bought him ten pair off jeans after a lab tested dirty pair.No more dirty jeans so have at it Kathy .Funny story my co worker mixed up her w Kathie Lee Gifford,thought Frank Gifford was disrespected by the trashy stunt

Geez I thought it was funny for awhile and then when I didn’t I turned them off. Of course all she wants is attention, name one person in show business who doesn’t want the attention? At least she has some talent unlike other people who are reported on in this space.

Kathy Griffin could make a straight man’s p3nis run for cover..Poor Silver fox probably walked away with an “innie” that needed reassurance that that horrible woman was far away before it would reemerge!

I recently caught a pic of Kathy without makeup. All she had on was her foundation and concealer with her hair pulled off of her face. Swear, thought it was Carrot Top. Anybody else know the pic I’m referring to? If yes, don’t post it. Dear God, don’t post it..

Can you imagine the ruckus if it were a male comedian pretending to put his mouth on a female anchor’s crotch? Sexual harassment lawsuit would be up immediately. I cannot stand Kathy G, she is just gross. Always posing in her undies or bikinis, have some dignity at this age please.

Kathy’s humor is in the Joan Rivers style. It seems as if many either love it or hate it.

I absolutely love both Kathy and Joan. Does no one understand that CNN is hiring Kathy to “do her thing” on New Year’s Eve with Anderson Cooper? This was either the 6th or 7th year they have been on together. So I’d say both CNN and Anderson know what to expect.

In real life, as seen on the many episodes of her show “The D List” Kathy Griffin is a rather nice, down-to-earth type who comes from an Irish catholic background and doesn’t drink a drop. She has rescue dogs and has gone overseas twice to entain our troops. She has also been known to do free gigs to entertain prisoners and despite being straight, has been an outspoken advocate for gay rights for many years.

Her new show, an hour long talk show on Bravo channel is great! Season two starts on Jan. 10th. Most of Season one episodes are on youtube.

They both have acidic tongues, but Kathy’s is graphic, crude and coarse with constant throwing of the “F” word, whereas Joan’s comes w/ a certain kind of satiric wit and charm–something Kathy will never possess.